Lubricator for railway-tracks.



PATENTED MAB... 3, 1908.

' F. B. BAILEY. v LUBRIGATOR FOR RAILWAY TRACKS.

ABELIOATIDN' FILED SIJZT. 18, 1907.

wwilm eooey I UNITED STATES PATENT oF ron- I FRANK E. BAILEY, OE'CERES NEW YORK.

LUBmcA'roR FOR RAILWAY-TRACKS.

Specification of; Letters ratent.

, Patented March- 3,1908;

kp plioation filed stamens-.1907. Serial No. 393.437.

To all whom it may concern: Be it knownthat I, FRANK E. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ceres, in the county' of Allegany and State.

- curves.- The device is carried by the forward truck of a car and is connected to the the wheels thereof.

car body in such a manner that the relative movements of'the car-body and the truckupon. rounding a curve operate a valve which controls the flow of lubricant to the rails. s

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a plan view showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Referring specifically to the drawing 5 denotes the forward truck of a car, and 6 are The truck 5 is swiveled on the car-body 7 as usual. only so much of the truck and car-body is shown as willsuflice to illustrate the connection of the invention therewith.

-At any convenient placeon the truck 5, is

fastened a tank or reservoir 8 containing the lubricant whichis carried to the rails by a delivery pipe 9 having a downward bend 10 with its discharge end close to the inner rails of the curve. The pipe 9 contains a valve 1 1 which controls the flow of the lubricant to the rails. The valve is preferably a turning plug working in a suitable casing. Its stem,

outside the valve-casing has a laterally presented handle 12 which is connected at its free end to the car-truck by means of a spring 13, the object of which is to close the valve. The handle '12 has a downwardly I presented stem 14 carrying a drip cup '1 arranged so as to extend beneath the discharge end of the delivery pipe when the v valve is closed. The drip cup is held tilted the deliverv .,ducted to the rails.

in sucha way that the drippings will be con- The stem 14 has a finger 16 which is engageable with the portion 10 of In the drawing pipe to limit the closing move ment of the handle-12. The finger is so located that it strikes said portion of the pipe when the valve is entirely closed, whereby it is prevented from turning further in the same direction and this opening again. The handle 12 is connected by'a chain-17 to the car-body 7 at any suitable location thereon. On the car-body is a hook 18 on which the chain may be hung after discon valve handle 12 which necting it from the I may be done to render the device inoperative. v

' The connections between thevalveandthe I car-body and truck are such thatthevalve' is held closed by the spring 13 but when 'the car is rounding a curve the relative movements of the car-body and the truck cause. a pull on the chain 17 with the result that'the valve is opened and a flow of lubricant to the inner rails of the curve established: When the carbody straightens out. upon reaching the straight portion ofthe track, the chain slacks and the spring then pulls the valve closed. The drip cup swings away from the discharge end of the pipe when the valve 0 ens; but swings back thereunder when the va ve closes.

The device herein described is reliable-in operation as it is simple in construction and has no complicated parts. car Will be equipped with one of thedevice's in order that the inside-rails of curves in movements of the car-body and its truck, and

a stop carried by the handle and engageablepipe to limit the closing movement with the of the handle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence oftwo Witnesses.

. FRANK E. BAILEY. VVitnessesz.

R.-J.- WHITE, F. C. Keenan,

Each side of the 

